prepossessed

prepossessed
Showing bias or partiality

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  • prepossessed — index interested, one sided, parochial, partial (biased), prejudicial, unequal (unjust), unjust …   Law dictionary

  • prepossessed — [adj] made partial by initial impression biased, colored, inclined, jaundiced, one sided, opinionated, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, tendentious, unindifferent, warped; concepts 403,542 Ant. total, whole …   New thesaurus

  • prepossessed — prepossessedˈ adjective Biased, prejudiced • • • Main Entry: ↑prepossess …   Useful english dictionary

  • Prepossessed — Prepossess Pre pos*sess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prepossessed — un·prepossessed; …   English syllables

  • prepossessed — Synonyms and related words: antiblack, besotted, biased, bicolored, chauvinistic, colored, doctrinaire, dogmatic, fixated, gripped, held, hung up, infatuated, influenced, interested, jaundiced, know nothing, monomaniac, monomaniacal, nonobjective …   Moby Thesaurus

  • prepossessed — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. biased, predisposed, inclined; see prejudiced . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Exhibiting bias: biased, one sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prejudicial, tendentious. See LIKE, STRAIGHT …   English dictionary for students

  • prepossessed — prɪːpÉ™ zest adj. favorably impressed, inspired with a positive opinion pre·pos·sess || ‚prɪːpÉ™ zes v. acquire confidence, acquire trust; impress beforehand …   English contemporary dictionary

  • prepossessed — adj biased, warped, slanted, predisposed, partial, prejudiced. See prejudiced{def. 1) …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • be prepossessed — index predetermine Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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